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Remove stale sentence from --display-offset help text#269

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@eyupcanakman eyupcanakman commented May 10, 2026

The --display-offset help text claims a negative value seeks from the end of the file, but the parser rejects negatives. --skip keeps its identical claim because that flag actually honors it.

Before (hexyl --help):

-o, --display-offset <N>
        Add N bytes to the displayed file position. The N argument can also include a
        unit (see `--length` for details).
        A negative value is valid and calculates an offset relative to the end of the
        file.

After:

-o, --display-offset <N>
        Add N bytes to the displayed file position. The N argument can also include a
        unit (see `--length` for details).

The same sentence in doc/hexyl.1.md goes too.

Closes #112.

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Argument --display-offset does not accept negative numbers, contrary to its helptext description.

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